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Metacognition Beliefs and General Health in Predicting Alexithymia in Students

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  • Samaneh Babaei
  • Shahryar Ranjbar Varandi
  • Zohre Hatami
  • Maryam Gharechahi

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OBJECTIVES- The present study was conducted to investigate the role of metacognition beliefs and general health in alexithymia in Iranian students. METHODS- This descriptive and correlational study included 200 participants of high schools students, selected randomly from students of two cities (Sari and Dargaz), Iran. Metacognitive Strategies Questionnaire (MCQ-30); the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and Farsi Version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) were used for gathering the data. Using the Pearson's correlation method and regression, the data were analyzed. RESULTS- The findings indicated significant positive relationships between alexithymia and all subscales of general health. The highest correlation was between alexithymia and anxiety subscale (r=0.36, P<0.01). Also, there was a significant negative relationship between alexithymia and some metacognitive strategies. The highest significant negative relationship was seen between alexithymia and the sub-scale of risk uncontrollability (r=-0.359, P < 0.01). Based on the results of multiple regressions, three predictors explained 21% of the variance (R2=0. 21, F=7.238, P<0.01). It was found that anxiety subscale of General Health significantly predicted 13% of the variance of alexithymia (β=0.36, P<0.01) and risk uncontrollability subscale of Metacognition beliefs predicted about 8% of the variance of alexithymia (β=-0.028, P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS- The findings demonstrated that metacognition beliefs and general health had important role in predicting of alexithymia in students.

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  • Samaneh Babaei & Shahryar Ranjbar Varandi & Zohre Hatami & Maryam Gharechahi, 2016. "Metacognition Beliefs and General Health in Predicting Alexithymia in Students," Global Journal of Health Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 8(2), pages 117-117, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:gjhsjl:v:8:y:2016:i:2:p:117
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